CVE-2026-74596

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare() The check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary here. Filesystems could have fsverity files even without fs-verity enabled. In that case, truncate on fsverity file will succeed, what this check is trying to prevent.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-08-22

Modified

2026-10-21

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f3b0898557a93122a7f941e6a89adef2bb29ce4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c0c41b952c21baed3f822eab508ebbd1d355d9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd4ed50c134fd9f2334b8b29d117f3af5fe250e9

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